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. | 1993 CoAxial Event |
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1993:
CoAxial Segment Eruption
The 1993 volcanic eruption along the CoAxial segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge was the first time a planned response to a submarine volcanic eruption took place. It provided an opportunity to sample a hydrothermal system as often and as early as possible following an event. This event produced 3 event plumes and initiated hydrothermal activity at 2 locations, Flow and Floc. We arrived at the CoAxial eruption site only 11 days after the first seismic activity, and returned several times within the first year. In many respects we found a scene similar to that at Cleft in 1986.
First integration of hydrothermal fluxes over the life cycle of a hydrothermal system (1993-1996):
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